Group social skills instruction for adolescents with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 209-219

  White, Susan W ^a   Koenig, Kathleen ^b   Scahill, Lawrence ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; Asperger; autism; group intervention; social skills

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEACHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649662665     PISSN: 10883576     EISSN: 15384829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088357610380595     Document Type: Article

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